A Critique : Mind as the Source of Freedom and Bondage

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If you read "Daughters of the Goddess" you will find

that several of them achieved without a guru, most

notably Amritanandamayi Ma. So, no, a guru is not

necessarily needed. And yes, it is true that the mind

is tricky and deceptive. People will always run

towards what accords with their own inclinations. This

is why there are radical sadhanas involving contact

with distasteful substances such as corpse flesh and

feces.One cannot hide behind facile phrases when

confronted with such things...if one truly believes

"all is One" then one will have no problem putting

such things in one's mouth, for instance. If you

cannot, well, then, there is still work to be done.

Lilith M.

--- NMadasamy <nmadasamy

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> "I embroidered every day for a couple of hours for

> about a year. I

> didnt recite the Mantra but my mind was focused on

> Tara. Then one

> night, I woke myself up with my own voice saying, "I

> am Tara, I am

> Radha, I am Radha. I am Tara" This carried on in my

> waking state for

> a very long time making it exceeding difficult to

> teach classes or

> do anything else."

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> For a long time after this, I wondered how I could

> substantiate this

> experience. I know that the mind is a very tricky

> deceiver and it

> can make up something even from good desires that

> isnt necessarily

> true.

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> From talks with Aspirants. Is Guru necessary?

> "In a case of spiritual path it is still more

> difficult to find your

> own way! The mind will mislead you very often"

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> Extraction from

> Mantras : Words of Power. Swami Sivananda Radha

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